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Google Maps? I mean, it's not perfect, the reviews aren't great, but usually anything rated 4.5+ is at least solid and they don't mess around with restaurant ph

Google Maps? I mean, it's not perfect, the reviews aren't great, but usually anything rated 4.5+ is at least solid and they don't mess around with restaurant phone numbers.

fouc 7y ago
Google itself isn't exactly ethical anymore unfortunately
- nelgaard 7y ago
  Then add Judge Roy Bean Public House to OpenStreetMap In Denmark you will find almost all restaurant and food places in Openstreetmap. I have created tools that help to keep POI'd up-to-date by mapping to public health inspection reports. https://github.com/elgaard/OpenStreetmapTools/tree/master/restaurants https://github.com/elgaard/OpenStreetmapTools/tree/master/re... https://digitalfrihed.dk/restaurants/all.html https://digitalfrihed.dk/restaurants/all.html We could use some kind of open reviews. That is more tricky, which is also why the commercial platforms are not that good. Wikivoyage.org is great for tourist, but too limited for locals (you cannot have every single pizza and burger place in travel guide). The Osmand app with Wikivoyage is a great example of what can be done with free software and data. It is all offline. You can search for restaurants near you without revealing you location to anyone. When you click on the the webpage of a restaurant, it opens in your browser without redirecting from Yelp or sending the URL to Tripadvisor. And when you click on the phone number for the restaurant, your phone just calls directly.
  - arwineap 7y ago
    > I have created tools that help to keep POI'd up-to-date by mapping to public health inspection reports. What a great idea, thank you for sharing. I'll take it upon myself to do some investigation into if those records are easily available here
  - lucb1e 7y ago
    > We could use some kind of open reviews Victor Shcherb, the creator of OsmAnd, is working on OpenPlaceReviews: https://openplacereviews.org https://openplacereviews.org Unfortunately it's a lot of blockchain babble so I am afraid it might be super overengineered, but whatever, so long as it works. Not sure when this is going to be released. There is a Telegram channel at https://t.me/openplacereviews https://t.me/openplacereviews
wutbrodo 7y ago
I've always used Google maps just because of the integration with Maps. Yelp's constant nagging to install the app and create an account also damaged their user experience enough that I never felt the need to switch over. Google generally has less reviews, but I don't spend any time in small towns in the US and when I travel Yelp isn't that helpful anyway.
therealx 7y ago
Google Maps reviews seem more gameable from the outside and often are skewed high.
jvagner 7y ago
Many of those doordash.com “delivery” links on Google Maps didn’t come from the restaurants either.
exadeci 7y ago
I can't figure out why everyone in the US is so obsessed with using that POS that is Yelp when Maps does a great job at staying clean.

Google Maps? I mean, it's not perfect, the reviews aren't great, but usually anything rated 4.5+ is at least solid and they don't mess around with restaurant phone numbers.

fouc 7y ago

Google itself isn't exactly ethical anymore unfortunately

nelgaard 7y ago
Then add Judge Roy Bean Public House to OpenStreetMap In Denmark you will find almost all restaurant and food places in Openstreetmap. I have created tools that help to keep POI'd up-to-date by mapping to public health inspection reports. https://github.com/elgaard/OpenStreetmapTools/tree/master/restaurants https://github.com/elgaard/OpenStreetmapTools/tree/master/re... https://digitalfrihed.dk/restaurants/all.html https://digitalfrihed.dk/restaurants/all.html We could use some kind of open reviews. That is more tricky, which is also why the commercial platforms are not that good. Wikivoyage.org is great for tourist, but too limited for locals (you cannot have every single pizza and burger place in travel guide). The Osmand app with Wikivoyage is a great example of what can be done with free software and data. It is all offline. You can search for restaurants near you without revealing you location to anyone. When you click on the the webpage of a restaurant, it opens in your browser without redirecting from Yelp or sending the URL to Tripadvisor. And when you click on the phone number for the restaurant, your phone just calls directly.
- arwineap 7y ago
  > I have created tools that help to keep POI'd up-to-date by mapping to public health inspection reports. What a great idea, thank you for sharing. I'll take it upon myself to do some investigation into if those records are easily available here
- lucb1e 7y ago
  > We could use some kind of open reviews Victor Shcherb, the creator of OsmAnd, is working on OpenPlaceReviews: https://openplacereviews.org https://openplacereviews.org Unfortunately it's a lot of blockchain babble so I am afraid it might be super overengineered, but whatever, so long as it works. Not sure when this is going to be released. There is a Telegram channel at https://t.me/openplacereviews https://t.me/openplacereviews

wutbrodo 7y ago

I've always used Google maps just because of the integration with Maps. Yelp's constant nagging to install the app and create an account also damaged their user experience enough that I never felt the need to switch over. Google generally has less reviews, but I don't spend any time in small towns in the US and when I travel Yelp isn't that helpful anyway.

therealx 7y ago

Google Maps reviews seem more gameable from the outside and often are skewed high.

jvagner 7y ago

Many of those doordash.com “delivery” links on Google Maps didn’t come from the restaurants either.

exadeci 7y ago

I can't figure out why everyone in the US is so obsessed with using that POS that is Yelp when Maps does a great job at staying clean.